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tiene l Letters raient No. 199,335, dated November 15, 1870.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Janus ALONZO Mone-fair, of

l Navasink, in .the county of Monmouthv and in the State of New Jersey, have inventedv certain new and useful Improvements in Water--Wheel; and do hereby declare that the following-is a full, clear, and exact 'description thereof', reference being had tothe accompli.1 nying drawing and to the-.letters of reference marked thereon making a part of this specification.

The. nature of my invention consists in the con-- struction and arrangement of a submerged currentwheel, as will be hereafter fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art t( which my invention appertains` to make and use thesame, I will now proceed to describe its construction' and operation, referring to thcannexed drawing, in which- Figure' is a longitudinal verticafl vsection of the trough or box in which the wheel is placed, with a transverse vertical section of the wheel.

Figure 2 is an end view of the saine.

A represents the trough or box in which the wheel is placed, said trough haviuga flaring mouth and a bottom, B, which inclines upward toward the wheel, the rear end of said bottom being at the same height as the shaft of the wheel. .v

At the other end of thetroughis a sliding gate, C, which is to be raised for the passage ofthe water.

Between the rear end of the bottom B and the gate O is placed the wheel-shaft, D, having its bearings in the Isides of the trough A. l

At each end of this' shaft, within the trough, is secured a disk, E, and between the outer edges of the two disks E E is pivoted a series of paddles, G- G, which are of such width that their inner edges will rest against .the center-.shaft D at the lproper time to receive the force of the water.

4From the rear end of the inclined bottom B, under the wheel thus constructed, is a concave, H, which acts as a guide to bring the paddles into proper position, as fully shown-ing. 1;

This, wheel will work equally as well standing on one end of the shaft as resting horizontal.

Turning the trough 11p-side down, and changing the current from the upper to the lower part ofthe wheel, and immersing about one-half of the wheel, it makes a superior4 under-shot. If used as an under-shot, the motion of the wheel is' reversed.

It will, hence, be seen that there are three positions in which tbis'wheel may be used:

First, with theshaft horizontal, as represented in the drawing, making ancrer-shot wheel Second, withthe shaft perpendicular; and

Third, as anundersh0t wheel, by turning the trough bottom-side up. A

rj he wheel may he used without any trough, asl man y times the trough would not be needed.

I am aware that a hinged' bucket in water-wheels is not new. l

What -I claim isg In combination with the trough A, with incline B and sliding gate C, the water-wheel having two disks, E, and hinged gates G G, which impinge ou the shaft D, all substantially as set forth.

,I In testimony' that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand this22'd day-of September, 1870.

Witnesses: 4l

' A. N. MARR,

WILLIAM A.'PAL1\1ER.

J'. A'. Mone-AN.' 

